# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ruffin-pleasant
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:49:11.870Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ruffin-pleasant"
name: "Ruffin Pleasant"
slug: "ruffin-pleasant"
description: "Ruffin Golson Pleasant was the 36th governor of Louisiana, from 1916 to 1920, who is remembered for having mobilized his state for World War I. Prior to his governorship, Pleasant was the Louisiana attorney general from 1912 to 1916, and the city attorney of Shreveport from 1902 to 1908. He was also LSU's first band director of the 11-cadet band in 1893 as was founder of the band with Wylie M. Barrow."
tagline: "American football player and lawyer (1871-1937)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ruffin_Golson_Pleasant.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1871-06-02"
deathDate: "1937-09-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.25
  momentum:             5.354497354497353
  historical:           6.340281333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Ruffin Pleasant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%BE%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA"
    title: "روفين پلياسانت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruffin_Pleasant"
    title: "Ruffin Pleasant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruffin_G._Pleasant"
    title: "Ruffin G. Pleasant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruffin_G._Pleasant"
    title: "Ruffin G. Pleasant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%9F_%D7%A4%D7%9C%D7%96%D7%A0%D7%98"
    title: "רופין פלזנט"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruffin_Golson_Pleasant"
    title: "Ruffin Golson Pleasant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q433036"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump